REFLECTIONS 


the  normal  School  Bulletin 

Published  Quarterly  By  The  Eastern  Illinois  State  Normal  School 

[Printed   by  authority  of  the  State  of  Illinois.] 

Entered  March  5,  1902,  as  second-class  matter,  at  the  post  office  at  Charleston,  Illinois.       Act  of 

Congress,  July  16,   1894. 

No.  62  CHARLESTON,  ILLINOIS  Oct.  1,  1918 


Campus  Reflections 
Eastern  Illinois  State  Normal  School 

Charleston 


OUR   SCHOOL 

1 

For  us  arose  thy  walls  and  towers, 
Their  beauty,  strength  and  grace  are  ours; 
The  hills  and  prairies  at  thy  feet 
For  us  in  lovely  landscape  meet. 

REFRAIN 

So  must  our  hearts  remember  thee, 

So  may  our  lives  our  tribute  be, 

Strong,  true,  and  beautiful,  and  brave,  and  free, 

So  shall  our  hearts,  our  hearts  remember  thee. 

2 

For  gift  of  friends,  for  lasting  gain, 
For  hard  won  joys  that  long  remain, 
For  strength  of  victory  possessed, 
We  thank  the  school  we  love  the  best. 

3 

Across  the  years  thy  spirit  burns 
Across  the  land  in  love  it  yearns, 
Enkindled  with  the  light  of  truth 
Made  perfect  in  eternal  youth. 

Isabel  McKinney 


PEMBERTON     HALL— THE    WOMAN'S    BUILDING 


A  CORNER   OF  THE   DINING      ROOM— PEM  BERTON    HALL 


THE    LIVING    ROOM  — PEMBERTON     HALL 


ANOTHER    CORNER    OF    THE     LIVING     ROOM 


AN  OUTDOOR  GAME 


THE  GROVE  AND  A  CORNER  CF  THE  GYMNASIUM 


MANUAL    TRAINING    SHOP 


MECHANICAL    DRAWING    ROOM 


A     JUNIOR     PARTY     PLAY— 1918 


SCENE    FROM     A    SENIOR    CLASS    PLAY    ON    THE    CAMPUS 


RANDOM    SHOTS 


1917-18    BASKET    BALL    TEAM 


AN     EXCITING    FINISH    AT   A   FIELD  AND  TRACK    MEET 


A     GIRLS'     GYMNASIUM     CLASS 


A     CLASS     IN     PHYSICAL     TRAINING 


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THE     FORESTRY— SWEET    CUM     TREES    AND    SUGAR    MAPLES 


THE    SOUTH    DRIVEWAY    FR  CM     THE     MAIN     BUILDING 


THE    SYMBOL    OF   SERVICE— FIVE    GOLD    STARS 


THE  EASTERN  ILLINOIS  STATE 
NORMAL  SCHOOL. 


ACCESSIBILITY 

The  Eastern  Illinois  State  Normal  School  is  located  at  Charleston,  the 
county  seat  of  Coles  County.  It  is  easily  reached  from  points  in  the  central 
and  eastern  parts  of  the  state,  for  it  is  situated  at  the  junction  of  the  Clover  Leaf 
railroad  with  the  main  line  of  the  Big  Four,  and  is  connected  by  trolley  with 
the  Illinois  Central  at  Mattoon.  A  car  line  runs  from  the  stations  to  the 
grounds. 

BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS 

The  school  is  fortunately  placed,  on  a  forty-acre  tract  adjoining  the  city 
on  the  south.  The  grounds  were  planned  by  a  now  famous  landscape  gar- 
dener; and,  as  the  photographs  suggest,  they  provide  always  varied  and  de- 
lightful pictures,  which  become  part  of  each  student's  inheritance.  They  in- 
clude one  of  the  best  athletic  fields  in  the  state,  a  small  forestry,  a  school  gar- 
den, numerous  tennis  courts,  a  broad,  grassy  playground,  and  a  grove  of  old 
forest  trees.  Most  of  the  grounds  are  laid  out  in  the  natural  style,  with  shrub- 
bery, a  lily  pond,  and  a  small  lake.  So  great  a  variety  of  habitat  for  birds 
brings  many  species  to  the  campus  so  that  it  has  become  almost  a  "bird  reser- 
vation". The  approach  to  the  main  building  is  more  formal,  in  keeping  with 
the  dignified  structure. 

The  four  school  buildings  form  a  harmonious  group,  conveniently  placed 
close  together.  The  main  building  contains,  besides  offices  and  classrooms,  the 
library,  the  assembly  hall,  and  several  laboratories.  The  manual  training 
shops  have  a  separate  building  near  the  school  gardens  and  the  domestic 
science  laboratory  is  in  the  training  school  building.  The  training  school  for 
teachers  is  composed  of  the  eight  elementary  grades,  each  in  a  spacious  and 
well-planned  room,  with  classroom  adjoining.  The  gymnasium  occupies  a 
wing  attached  to  Pemberton  Hall,  the  woman's  building.  This,  perhaps  the 
most  beautiful  of  the  group,  will  accommodate  a  hundred  girls. 

EQUIPMENT 

The  Eastern  Illinois  State  Normal  School  was  established  by  act  of  leg- 
islature May  22,  1895,  to  train  teachers  for  the  public  schools  of  Illinois.  An 
adequate  faculty  and  administrative  force;  specially  equipped  laboratories  for 
botany,  zoology,  physics,  chemistry,  agriculture,  and  domestic  science;  a  spe- 


cial  building  devoted  exclusively  to  the  manual  arts;  an  elementary  school  of 
over  two  hundred  fifty  pupils  representing  eight  grades  under  the  direction  of 
the  school,  furnishing  an  opportunity  for  observation  and  practice  teaching;  a 
library  of  more  than  sixteen  thousand  well  selected  books;  a  woman's  building 
comfortably  housing  a  hundred  girls — these  features  indicate  how  well 
equipped  the  school  is  to  prepare  a  large  number  of  students  for  the  business 
of  teaching. 

COURSES  OF  STUDY 

Courses  of  study  are  offered  to  meet  the  needs  of  varying  groups  of  stu- 
dents: for  high  school  graduates  a  two-year  course  leading  to  a  normal  school 
diploma;  for  those  who  have  not  completed  four  years  of  high  school  work 
other  courses,  whose  length  depends  upon  the  amount  of  preparation  offered. 
A  two-year  course  is  offered  also  to  graduates  of  the  eighth  grade  who  wish 
to  prepare  for  teaching  in  the  rural  schools. 

STUDENTS'  LOAN  FUND 

Gifts  from  various  sources  have  provided  a  fund  from  which  deserving 
students  who  need  financial  aid  in  order  to  complete  their  course  may  borrow 
on  easy  terms.  This  fund  is  available  to  students  who  are  completing  the  last 
half  of  their  course;  for  example,  to  a  student  pursuing  a  two-year  course  it 
would  be  available  in  his  second  year. 

ATTENTION  HIGH  SCHOOL  GRADUATES 

There  was  a  shortage  of  30,000  teachers  this  last  fall  in  city  and  country 
systems  alone,  according  to  figures  published  by  the  Bureau  of  Education. 
Positions  at  good  salaries  now  await  well-prepared  teachers.  The  outlook  for 
those  preparing  to  teach  was  never  better  than  today.  The  Eastern  Illinois 
State  Normal  School  will  do  its  part  in  training  teachers  to  meet  the  present 
shortage.  Preparations  have  been  made  to  receive  mid-year  graduates  of  high 
schools  and  to  provide  first  term  work  in  all  junior  required  subjects  in  the 
second  term  beginning  January  21 ,  IQIQ.  It  will  be  possible  for  high  school 
graduates  to  fulfill  by  February  1,  1920,  the  requirements  for  a  second  grade 
certificate  without  examination;  and  by  August,  1920,  it  will  be  possible  for 
them  to  have  completed  the  work  required  for  graduation  and  a  diploma,  the 
equivalent  of  a  first  grade  certificate.  Those  who  do  not  graduate  from  high 
school  until  June,  1919,  may  begin  the  normal  school  course  in  the  summer 
school  of  that  year  and  complete  it  by  February  1,  1921. 

HOW  TO  OBTAIN  INFORMATION 

The  school  is  glad  to  correspond  with  prospective  students  as  to  courses  of 
study  and  credits.  A  catalogue  of  the  school  or  a  bulletin  of  the  summer 
school  will  be  sent  to  any  address  upon  request.  Those  who  wish  information 
are  invited  to  write  to  President  L.  C.  Lord. 


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